Elephant calf crossing

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Elephant calf crossing, Amboseli

There was a lioness lying just to our right as we watched this elephant family approach from our left on the way to the swamp one morning in Amboseli, Kenya.

Once the family were near the lioness and ourselves, the single file formation became an ambling group where the adults surrounded and enclosed this youngster. Then they passed, and once out of danger, the family reformed to their previous formation of a single file.

We forgot about photography for a while, and just enjoyed these families pass us by on the Amboseli Plain.

Taken using a Nikon D200 with a 70-200 f2.8 lens and 1.4 converter at f/8, 1/250 and ISO 100.

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Elaine- Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

AMAZING shot, i think i would forget about photography too, but i’m sure glad you caught this…

Lourens Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 at 10:19 pm

Well seen – great shot – glad you shared this with us!

Patsy Friday, March 19th, 2010 at 12:58 pm

I would’ve possibley been caught up in the whole moment and completely forgotten about taking the picture. I swear I don’t know how you do it. Just the same, THANK YOU for sharing.

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